Enrich and extend your learning with a free-choice book.
With this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well.
Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World j j j
Main Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill. . . . 178 “One” by James Berry “I Was Not Alone” An interview with Rosa Parks . by Brian Lanker from I Dream a World
Narrative Nonfiction Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis. . . . 186 “The Case of the Monkeys That Fell From the Trees” by Susan E. Quinlan “The Vulture’s Flight” from Through Animals Eyes by Lynn Marie Cuny
Enrich and extend your learning with a free-choice book.
With this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j j j j j j
Number the Stars The Westing Game Fearless Fernie: Hanging Out with Fernie and Me The Liberation of Gabriel King Cheaper by the Dozen The Hero’s Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life
Idioms and Multiple-Meaning Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills. . . . 276
While Reading Your Anchor Book 4-4
Figurative Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Literary Works. . . . . 278 from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot “April Rain Song” by Langston Hughes “Simile: Willow and Ginko” by Eve Merriam “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Munoz Ryan “Life” by Naomi Long Madgett
Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis. . . . . 364 from “The Governess” by Neil Simon “What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?” by Avi
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases; Spelling: Syllables with No Sound Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach. . . . 380
Avoiding Plagiarism; Taking Research Notes from “My Seven: Why We Must Go Back to the Moon” by Harrison H. Schmitt “The Bedouin and the Masai: Herders of Animals”